DMD 1.029 and 2.013 releases

[Lars Ivar Igesund]

Walter Bright wrote:

> Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>> 
>>> Sean Kelly wrote:
>>>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>>>> Sean Kelly wrote:
>>>>>> I suppose the obvious question here is: what if I want to create a
>>>>>> mutex in D?
>>>>> Why do you need volatile for that?
>>>> To restrict compiler optimizations performed on the code.
>>> The optimizer won't move global or pointer references across a function
>>> call boundary.
>> 
>> Is that true for all compiler's or only DigitalMars ones?
> 
> DM ones certainly. Others, I don't know about.

So you are saying that you're removing (or not going to implement) a feature
due to a restriction in the DM optimizer?

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